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Published in final edited form as: Math Biosci. 2012 Oct 6;241(1):56–74. doi: 10.1016/j.mbs.2012.09.003

Table 1.

Nominal and optimal parameter values for the cardiovascular model (top) and the respiratory model (bottom).

Parameter	Physiologic description	Nominal value	Optimal value
T_M,f	Time to end-systole	0.35	0.137
E_D,r [mmHg/ml]	Right ventricular diastolic elastance	0.0667	0.0167
E_S,l [mmHg/ml]	Left ventricular systemic elastance	0.849	0.507
R_S [mmHg s/ml]	Systemic resistance	1.08	0.934
R_B [mmHg s/ml]	Cerebral resistance	4.25	2.69
C_Sa [ml/mmHg]	Systemic arterial compliance	2.40	0.989
C_Ba [ml/mmHg]	Cerebral arterial compliance	0.358	3.18

M_CO₂ [ml_stpd/s]	Body CO₂ tissue metabolism	4.22	4.89
M_B,CO₂ [ml_stpd/s]	Brain CO₂ tissue metabolism	1.04	1.24
V_Btis,O₂ [ml_stpd]	Cerebral tissue CO₂ volume	900	855
V_D [ml_btps]	Total dead space volume	181	201